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Hops Alpha Acid Table 2009

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Updated for the 2009 harvest.  New varieties added – thanks to everyone who wrote in!

Alpha Acids from hops contribute to the bitterness in beer. During the boil alpha acids are isomerized and increase international bittering units (IBUs). This site has an IBU calculator.

Hops also contain beta acids, which contribute to aroma only. The more alpha acids the more bittering potential per ounce. For example, one ounce of Northern Brewer (8.5) is roughly equivalent of two ounces of Domestic Hallertau (3.9) in terms of bittering potential.

This chart is a general guideline only. The actual AA varies from year to year depending on the weather, harvest conditions, and storage.

Hops Average Alpha Acids
Admiral 14.5
Ahtanum 5.5
Amarillo® 8.6
Aquila 7
B. C. Goldings 5
Banner 10
Bramling Cross 6.5
Brewer’s Gold 9
Bullion 7.5
Cascade 7
Centennial 7.8
Challenger 8.5
Chinook 13
Citra 11
Cluster 6.5
Columbus 15
Comet 10
Crystal 4.3
Domesic Hallertau 3.9
East Kent Goldings 5
Eroica 12
First Gold 7.5
Fuggles 4.5
Galena 13
Glacier 5.5
Goldings 4.5
Hallertau Mittelfruh 3.75
Hallertau Hersbrucker 4
Herald 12
Hersbrucker 4
Horizon 12.5
Huller Bitterer 5.75
Kent Goldings 5
Liberty 4
Lublin 4.5
Magnum 15
Millenium 15.5
Mount Hood 4.8
Mount Rainier 6.2
Motueka 7.0
Nelson Sauvin 12.5
Newport 15.5
Northdown 8.6
Northern Brewer 7.8
Nugget 14
Olympic 12
Omega 10
Orion 7
Pacific Gem 15.4
Perle 8.2
Phoenix 10
Pioneer 9
Pride of Ringwood 10
Progress 6.25
Record 6.5
Saaz 3.5
Santiam 6.5
Satus 13
Simcoe 12.7
Sorachi Ace 11.1
Spalt 4.5
Sterling 8.7
Sticklebract 11.5
Strisselspalt 3.5
Styrian Goldings 5.5
Super Alpha 13
Super Styrians 9
Summit 18.5
Talisman 8
Target 11.5
Tettnanger 4.5
Tomahawk 15
Ultra 4.5
Vanguard 5
Warrior 16
Whitbread Golding 6
Willamette 4.5
Wye Target 10
Yamhill Goldings 4
Yakima Cluster 7
Yeoman 7.25
Zenith 9
Zeus 16

If you do not see your hops listed here please leave a comment or send us feedback and we will find out for you!

  1. 14 Responses to “Hops Alpha Acid Table 2009”

  2. Awesome resource! Thanks for the effort.

    By Scott on Mar 1, 2010

  3. Motueka hops doesn’t apear on the list. It is a New Zealand variety

    By Ken on Apr 5, 2010

  4. Motueka added.

    By Larry on Apr 15, 2010

  5. I grow 4 varieties (cascade, centennial, EKG and nugget). I brew almost exclusively with these but have no idea what the %aa is. Does anyone know an easy method of estimation? How accurate is the chart above?

    Tom

    By Tom on Feb 22, 2012

  6. I believe you have to have a sample sent to a lab for analysis.

    The chart above represents averages from our sample data. No one has ever written in about a specific error, and in my experience when I see recipes or buy hops, the numbers line up reasonably well. AA values could vary by year, but even by grower or field!

    By Larry on Feb 23, 2012

  7. What about Galaxy Hops?

    By Paul on Aug 14, 2012

  8. Galaxy – Looks like an AA ~13.5

    Lots of people seem to like them:
    http://www.brew-dudes.com/galaxy-hops/660

    By Larry on Aug 14, 2012

  9. Hi theres no Green Bullet (NZ) Cheers

    By N Laurence on Sep 16, 2012

  10. Anyone have a reliable number for Falconer’s Flight?

    By Greg on Sep 18, 2012

  11. I have recently purchased and brewed with Mosaic hops (2020 harvest, pellet form). The packaging states the alpha acid content as 11.9%

    By Steve Simson on Nov 10, 2021

  12. I didn’t see Mosaic hops.

    By Jason on Oct 22, 2022

  13. I don’t see Mosaic on your list.

    By nathan berry on Apr 1, 2023

  14. I cannot find Mosaic hops on your list.

    Its addition would be appreciated. Regards, Michael.

    By Michal Catto on Sep 12, 2023

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